Mosaic: ‘In the Safe Spaces on Campus, No Jews Allowed’

Mosaic magazine: “College students have risen up to fight racism on campuses across the country. But it is often those very same students who subject Jewish students to anti-Semitism.”

That’s not a useful analysis. Who-whom is more accurate. Who is ruling over whom? People of color are not particularly fond of Jews running the show.

Buzzwords like “racism” and “anti-Semitism” are simply junk terms for conflicts of interest. “Hate speech” is speech that a group with power does not like.

Mosaic: “It was this disquieting, yet growing, trend of hate speech and crimes directed towards Jewish students within the UC system that spurred Mokhtarzadeh and Rosenberg, both Jewish sophomores at UCLA, to attend the conference. Their freshman year was punctuated by incidents of anti-Semitism that were both personal and met with national controversy. They were shocked during their first quarter in school, when students entered the Bruin Cafe to see the phrase “Hitler did nothing wrong” etched into a table. Months later, Mokhtarzadeh’s friend, Rachel Beyda, was temporarily denied a student government leadership position based solely on her Jewish identity, an event that made news nationwide. Throughout the year, they saw the school’s pro-Palestinian group, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), issue criticism of Israel that overstepped into anti-Semitic rhetoric and hate. The campus was supposed to be their new home, their new safe space—so why didn’t they feel that way?”

About Luke Ford

I've written five books (see Amazon.com). My work has been covered in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and on 60 Minutes. I teach Alexander Technique in Beverly Hills (Alexander90210.com).
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